The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-03
,uAIGAN OF RACES.
.,eoul.1ve VIEW OF a The So
sptOo,cA1loN or THE RACES.

a., Nav Exist Some Tens OF
saT'""' q Years Hence When All
weakness
.,,hiects which excites tho atten-
one Q. - - Is the probable outcome OF the
a'a~ ,iasns Of races t1ronsnou, the world d,
cou0'''', i Of course, purely matter Of
De resu" q. there are no data whatever
qecu'a,.O,''. may he deduccd am exact conclu-
ron Nn'," W, are those who lean 70 the opinion
con ,. ,,,r>e Of many centuries, all race
ibat IN Wy u-ll disappear, and human
dstlno'D' homogeneous in its qualities, will
sns,ga". ,o,o OF the present nterminable
nke iDe
Ssr.e'l. ,.,o,rv has more interest in this ques-
lhS IN a,y other It's an enormous reSer-
t'2 il'" ,bich are being poured streams
i Sol iD, .bo racial sources. The homo
To 81. ,olyam. il ever formed, will crys-
g''eo'' .bis continent; and here Will be
D-1e o." -. Ultimate results of race admixt-
lo''''1w w., will be the nature Of this com
gre T. is not thing whose occurrence
poSl'- .bot we have personal interest In
$50 ne' .te,oss the inspirations of curiosity
o. nsIt we cannot help glancing into
81 So, future with the hope that we may
u i'.. ..,rse of the product of the process OF
81 az One may not see anything with
ds''''' AZ this distance, but the Imagination
Pre-. ',,yer condition OF things which, If
I. y. .,o-t may at least be characterized by
.,ro1, qualities.
-ur FINAL SOLIDIFICATION.
t.r.,vers in the final qualification of
4l. -.,,. race, conclude, of course, that the
1.-. y. ,~ now prevailing between white,
o'"' .nl Irlian in this country will be OBJ
l.ts-.of The processes Of absorption Will
D'''i necessarily wipe out these three
%. '.,ch but they will include and dis
.s.s.5iverse nationalitieS which already,
49, rre.auce of German, Irish, French,
s...3,,s,ian. Spanish, Italian and the ike
'i..,.,ts form so large portion or TINS
-....,rv II such work shall be done, 1t
roof the grandest ever undertaken 10y
Nothing in the labOrs even OF the
.Io-oi.trv which has constructed umverses
80, n few simple gases would be the equal
TO- b
'.-,-.,,ni.ude and importance of this colossal
effort ,..,...,,;.,. o.,
Stable then we may e certain that IN the
4,ol composition there will be no essential
.-.its now i'm existence that will be wanting.
Ia more aftenuated form, but nevertheless
--...an+ and tangible. will be a strain Of
49, .brewdness. of British obstinacy, of
I..rer .uitlety. Indian craft, African gross
raS German transcendentalism, French
e,ayitv. with possibly faint of the tastes OF
,ba connibal and something of the coarse
.-,.,s+ory tendencies of the Esquimaux. 1t
s.logicol I'm view Of the teachings of modern
..i.roo On conclude that the stronger of these
,,sli-,a, will prevail. and that while none of
tbsm will ever become extinct many will be
come merely rudimentary, modifying to
very limited degree the characteristics Of the
whole The fttest will survive, and hence we
nav frame a guess as TO the rough outlines
Of the compact result.
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEsT.
Grouping the more potent of the race quail
ts which viii De likely TO survive in recog-
,rbIe form We may construct the man OF
he far future as one who has lost the hue OF
white which now dominates civilization The
r,,iof the African will darken the cheek
Of the coming man until there will come a
time when the existence of races Of whites
viii have passed into the regions of the
legendary. His will not be the tint of the
nulatto. but the result of the spreading on
white ground Of a mixture, black, yellow,
rel. and other darkS0me hues, and which
wllbearich bronze, equally removed from
tlerpeIlaut black and the effeminate pallOr
Of the ruling races Exposed TO the desiccat-
i've influence of this climate, he will be thin
ner than the average man Of the continent at
this time, and will possess an endurance,
longevity. healthfulness far above those of
te present period. The extent of the life of
this man viii be far above the century, for i'll
DE evolution Of qualities the more robust
will survive
He wll very largely have increased the
sze and value of the human brain, and hence
will occupy am immeasureably higher intel
ectual station The political and social
experiment., and the mechanical achievements
OF period like the present one VIII seem TO
HINT there shall remain any record OF
what we have done-as crude and barbarous
the extreme He viii have mastered the
mos, important secrets Of nature, and, aided
by This knowledge, viii be able 10 WELD
powers and command results which we now
would as.ribe as the especial property of ON
Impotence lie VIII have bridled the cyclone
and put @ harness on the earthquake and the
storm Containing in himself all the better
qualities strained through a thousand centu-
He with the evil, the weakness, of the
Present human nature eliminated he will be a
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